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Diet-modified sex hormone metabolism: is this the way forward in recurrent respiratory papillamatosis and squamous carcinoma prophylaxis?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

W. Colquhoun-Flannery*
Affiliation:
Department of Otolayrngology, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, UK.
J. A. S. Carruth
Affiliation:
Department of Otolayrngology, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, UK.
*
Mr W. Colquhoun-Flannery, F.R.C.S., Department of ENT Surgery, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton SO16 6YD.

Abstract

We report two cases of recurrent layngeal papillomatosis in women who subsequently developed squamous cell carcinoma as they approached the climateric. The role of human papilloma virus (HPV) and oestrogen metabolism is outlined. The use of indoles from cruciferous vegetables is also discussed.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1995

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